This has been the final week that students from the Macdonough summer school garden club have come to the rooftop of CHC’s building in Middletown to tend to their plots before its time to go back to school. For the past month, students entering grades 3 & 4 have been maintaining the vegetables that we planted in the beginning of May, taking home various vegetables and enjoying the beautiful rooftop. We loved gardening with the students so much that we…
“No man is an island…” The famous words of the great English Poet John Donne rattles through my mind as I sit at my desk. The other day a friend’s father passed away and it has set a tone for the week. I put on a medley of songs of remembrance. Sarah McLachlan ‘s voice comes through the speakers, “Will you remember me?” As is often the case, it’s been a busy week in the communications department at CHC. Wednesday,…
This week, Mark and Margaret speak with Dr. Gerard Anderson, Director of the Center for Hospital Finance and Management at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Anderson shares his expertise on health care payment reform and living well with chronic disease.
National Health Center Week is officially August 5-11 this year, but for us at CHC and at many other health centers around the country, it is always Health Center Week. Here in Connecticut, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has signed an Official Statement proclaiming August 5-11 National Health Center Week in Connecticut. We’re starting early with a health fair at our New Britain Site on Thursday, August 2, from 11 am to 2 pm. The health fair will include free screenings and…
This coming Friday, CHC’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nwando Olayiwola will participate in a panel at BlogHer 2012 entitled “The state of the world’s mothers: working together to save & improve lives”. Attendees will hear from Save the Children about the state of global motherhood in the U.S. and around the world and will learn how Johnson & Johnson and its partner organizations are addressing some of the challenges. Attendees also will learn how to can get involved in raising…
For the past five years, CHC has run a program called “Healthy Tomorrows” for adolescent girls enrolled in New Britain High School. This program has sought to promote healthy eating and physical activity in individual teen girls through nutritional counseling and YWCA memberships while providing leadership training to make teens powerful advocates for a healthier community for themselves and their families. The program has exceeded its original goals. Last month, a final report was issued on the success of the…